Counselling Skills: A practical guide for counsellors and helping professionals

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With valuable insights on crucial therapy topics such as identifying personal biases, doing home visits, and individualizing the process of therapy each time, this book is an excellent read for professionals who are starting their journey and for experienced therapists who wish to keep themselves relevant to the current time. Noel, B., & Blair, P. D. (2008). I wasn’t ready to say goodbye: Surviving, coping and healing after the sudden death of a loved one. Sourcebooks. This audiobook may be particularly useful for beginning therapists who want additional guidance about topics in CBT that they may have just learned in school.

The CBT Toolbox for Children and Adolescents came as a breath of fresh air for therapists and beginners who struggle to find the best intervention for a given case. This audiobook on CBT interventions outlines some tried-and-tested methods by psychotherapists for treating a wide range of issues with CBT. It also teaches mourners how to eliminate the need to acquire permission or approval from others while redefining life after loss. These steps aim to facilitate cooperative communication between the two professionals and assist students while they navigate difficulties in what can be a harsh environment. The SAGE Handbook of Counselling and Psychotherapy is the most comprehensive and accessible introduction to the field of counselling and psychotherapy. This handbook supports all levels of training and modalities, providing an essential entry point to theory, practice and research.

The Mindfulness and Acceptance Workbook follows the Acceptance and Commitment Therapy approach and puts forth some practical exercises that can help readers reinvent their lives all over again.

This online self help book can aid people of average mental health make many psychological changes in their lives. Positive therapeutic changes happen most often as the result of pointing one's mind in more effective directions. As well as counselling, there are many other types of psychological therapies (or talking therapies) that involve talking to a therapist about your feelings or problems. Trauma-informed therapists are highly regarded when it comes to child psychotherapy. Being trauma-informed involves knowledge about health and safety, confidentiality, the rights of clients and family, self-regulation, and work ethics.

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This book is about how you can get the most appropriate kind of help for your problems, goals, and personality. The book sets out to help you become adequately informed about the range of therapies -- as these relate to your goals and interests. In his book, Ross Greene outlines a step-by-step process that teachers and counselors can follow when working with students and their parents to decrease negative behaviors. The book is noteworthy for covering a large range of material from “treating the griever as if he or she was in intensive care” to debunking harmful myths.

Counselors are sure to enjoy the memoir and find insightful wisdom to pass along to their clients, particularly those just beginning their career. This book is recommended for those at the beginning of their academic careers or those who want to revisit what they learned when starting their career. This is one of the most challenging and thought-provoking books I have read for a long while. Colin Feltham... brings together a lively style, a depth of knowledge and a concern about the counselling scene, and the result rattles any complacent certainties we may have about our work and our profession... Vision and compassion (and humour) shine out of this book. It is worth having in any counselling library' - [ac]Eisteach, The Journal of the Irish Association for Counselling and Therapy Author Marsha Linehan’s work on DBT has been highly acclaimed, and the way she has demonstrated the most critical aspects of the therapy is commendable.Frankl, V. E. (2013). Man’s search for meaning: The classic tribute to hope from the Holocaust (New e. ed.). Ebury Digital. Daniel Goleman’s book is one that can be found on many therapists’ shelves. This classic can be especially useful for beginning therapists. Here are two useful books for managing depression and anxiety. 1. Lost Connections: Why You’re Depressed and How to Find Hope – Johann Hari

For those therapists interested in mindfulness, this book by Andrew Weiss can be helpful, as it provides an approach to learning basic mindfulness. Editors Susan Johnson and Valerie Whiffen explore attachment theory but in a slightly different context compared to the other books discussed. I Wasn’t Ready to Say Goodbye: Surviving, Coping and Healing After the Sudden Death of a Loved One – Brook Noel and Pamela Blair In their book, Gary Chapman and Ross Campbell use the idea of love languages as a way to motivate children to do their best. Johnson, S. M. (2019). The practice of emotionally focused couple therapy: Creating connection (3rd ed.). Routledge.

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This book brings together the literature of child therapy along with specific treatment plans for specified conditions.